Bob Uecker Quotes

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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

Bob Uecker
I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture.

Bob Uecker
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.

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In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.

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The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.

Bob Uecker
Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

Bob Uecker
When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.

Bob Uecker
I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.

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If a guy hits.300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around.190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter.

Bob Uecker
I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.

Bob Uecker
People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.

Bob Uecker
I would order a dozen bats and there were times they'd come back with handles at each end.

Bob Uecker
I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.

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